Sanitation of a South African forestry nursery contaminated with Fusarium circinatum using hydrogen peroxide at specific oxidation reduction potentials

Plant Disease

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 875-880

  van Wyk, Schalk J P ^a   Boutigny, Anne Laure ^a   Coutinho, Teresa A ^b   Viljoen, Altus ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA CIRCINATA;

EID: 84930477341     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-05-11-0432     Document Type: Article

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